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Jewish Tango!
From: Mississippi Public Broadcasting
Series: Sounds Jewish
Caption: Sounds Jewish logo with star of David
Don’t you love an intimate tango? Jewish singers, instrumentalists and songwriters have brought us tangos in Yiddish and Hebrew for more than a cen...

Bought by WLPR


  • Added: Jan 26, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Montevideo, Uruguay
From: Fil Corbitt
Series: Postcards from The Wind
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A postcard from Montevideo, Uruguay

Bought by KTNA


  • Added: Dec 12, 2021
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 1
GN_3.04_Web Footed Work Force
From: Good News Good Planet
Series: Good News Good Planet - Season 3
Caption: Good News for a Good Planet - Change your focus, change your world.
Pesticides are harmful. In Vergenoedg, farmers are using ducks as natural and amusing pest control.

  • Added: May 17, 2021
  • Length: 02:32
The Big Ponder #10: The Diner
From: Goethe-Institut
Series: The Big Ponder – A Transatlantic Podcast
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What happens when you uproot an American institution like the diner and place it somewhere entirely new — like Germany? Florenz Gilly and Leon Ginz...

Bought by KICI Iowa City


  • Added: Apr 22, 2021
  • Length: 30:32
  • Purchases: 1
GN_5.06_ManureCouture
From: Good News Good Planet
Series: Good News Good Planet - Season 5
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The movement itself is called biocouture - this poop to pants movement is raising eyebrows on both sides of the issue.

  • Added: Feb 25, 2021
  • Length: 02:30
The Big Pond #33: Texas German – Auf Wiedersehen to a Dialect
From: Goethe-Institut
Series: The Big Ponder – A Transatlantic Podcast
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America is a country of immigrants. Most people know that Spanish is the most widely spoken language in the US besides English, but there’s more th...

  • Added: Jun 18, 2019
  • Length: 42:29
The Big Pond #27: Welcome to Motherland
From: Goethe-Institut
Series: The Big Ponder – A Transatlantic Podcast
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Three women, two countries, one shared experience: Motherhood. From giving birth to receiving support – our producer Melissa Gerr looks at the role...

Bought by KICI Iowa City, KICI Iowa City, and WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: May 09, 2019
  • Length: 24:46
  • Purchases: 3
The Big Pond #22: The Story of the Brezn
From: Goethe-Institut
Series: The Big Ponder – A Transatlantic Podcast
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The pretzel, known as a “Brezel” or “Brezn” in German, is not an ordinary pastry. It has a century-old history full of myths and stories. Where did...

Bought by KICI Iowa City and KICI Iowa City


  • Added: Apr 03, 2019
  • Length: 33:17
  • Purchases: 2
Folktale of Fire & Brimstone
From: Northeast Indiana Public Radio
Series: Folktales
Caption: WBOI's Folktale of Fire & Brimstone, Credit: Julia Meek
Marlowe's Dr. Faust noticed "Fools that will laugh on earth, most weep in hell," and that's the direction our Folktale of Fire & Brimstone is taking.

Bought by WFIU, WFIU, GCR (Global Community Radio), and WFIU


  • Added: Oct 24, 2017
  • Length: 59:59
  • Purchases: 4
"Even As A Baby You Were Selfish"
From: Peter Johnson
Series: The Author's Corner on Public Radio daily show: FEBRUARY 2015
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An amusing passage from one of 2014's Ten Best Books (New York Times Book Review), Family Life is a novel by Akhil Sharma who grew up in Delhi, Ind...

  • Added: Feb 13, 2015
  • Length: 01:40
Disco Dance of Democracy
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
Caption: Bappi Lahiri at an election rally , Credit: Sandip Roy
The Times of India newspaper called this Indian election a "Dance of Democracy." But for Sandip Roy it's more of a 'Disco' Dance of Democracy.

  • Added: Apr 30, 2014
  • Length: 04:30
Live Wire Radio - Episode 247
From: Live Wire! Radio
Series: Live Wire
Caption: Author Po Bronson, Credit: Jennie Baker for Live Wire Radio
Author PO BRONSON, musical trio T SISTERS, music by AYRON JONES AND THE WAY.

Bought by 90.1 WFYI Public Radio, KSRQ, Rhythm & News Service, 90.5 WESA, and KUNV


  • Added: Apr 17, 2014
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 5
The Peter Yarrow Interview
From: Jake Feinberg
Series: In The Land of Giants
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Interview conducted by radio journalist Jake Feinberg. Wide ranging discussion from his relationship with Bob Dylan to the potential of viral video...

  • Added: Dec 18, 2013
  • Length: 16:54
Sel: Trois Façons (Salt: Three Ways)
From: Third Coast International Audio Festival
Series: 2013 Third Coast ShortDocs: Stories Inspired by "Appetite"
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No one has an appetite for perfection and swearing like a Québécois in search of poutine.

Bought by KRPS, North Country Public Radio, WNIJ, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Sep 17, 2013
  • Length: 02:58
  • Purchases: 4
An Expat's Exploration of Americans and Hockey*
From: University of Montana Journalism
Caption: Anna's old team: The Carstairs Bruins of Alberta
*They just don't get it.

Bought by KBGA 89.9 FM


  • Added: May 23, 2013
  • Length: 06:47
  • Purchases: 1
The Lomax Archives
From: Willis Arnold
Series: Local Music Worldwide
Caption: Records From Around the World, Credit: Willis Arnold
Step into the world of Alan Lomax, his archives, and his legacy - The Association of Cultural Equity. Featuring interviews with his daughter Anna ...

  • Added: May 13, 2013
  • Length: 05:38
Canada to U.S. Kids: What Are Your Relations to These People??
From: University of Montana Journalism
Caption: Samantha Powell and Billy Marohn on an innocent roadtrip. Or are they?
What if you were stuck at the border, having to answer probably *appropriate* questions? What if you maybe trusted the Canadian banking system to j...

  • Added: Apr 22, 2013
  • Length: 03:45
Breakfast Culture
From: Brooklyn College Radio
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A look at breakfast and its importance in our culture.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Apr 18, 2013
  • Length: 07:33
  • Purchases: 1
Silent Seekers
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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Most people know Sufism as the religion practiced by the whirling dervishes. But this mystical form of Islam has taken root in America, too.

  • Added: Mar 27, 2013
  • Length: 06:41
German Artist Makes Statement at California Beach
From: Kerstin Zilm
Caption: Artist Michael Sistig and Anti Ark
Michael Sistig Creates the Anti Ark at El Segundo Beach. The open air art installation consists of shipping containers, an emaciated polar bear and...

  • Added: Feb 19, 2013
  • Length: 07:48
Norwegian filmmakers seek to understand, document Norwegian-Americans
From: WTIP
Series: The Roadhouse
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Norwegian filmmakers Kristian Balsrod & Anton Ligaarden stopped by WTIP's The Roadhouse Feb. 1 to update hosts Ann Possis & Buck Benson on their lo...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Feb 11, 2013
  • Length: 26:39
  • Purchases: 1
Folktale of Thievery
From: Northeast Indiana Public Radio
Series: Folktales
Caption: WBOI's Folktale of Thievery, Credit: Julia Meek
As they say in Cambodia: "Stealing may bring profits, but hanging costs far more", so lock the door & hang on to your wallets--this week, we're cha...

Bought by WFIU, GCR (Global Community Radio), GCR (Global Community Radio), WLPR , WFIU and more


  • Added: Jan 31, 2013
  • Length: 01:00:00
  • Purchases: 8
Bare As You Dare!
From: Vaska Trajkovska
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Every year, in cities across the world, cyclists throw off their clothes and ride naked as part of the World Naked Bike Ride - a global protest mov...

Bought by KUT


  • Added: Jun 15, 2011
  • Length: 18:13
  • Purchases: 1
Museum of Broken Relationships
From: Shannon Service
Caption: Prosthetic leg donated by broken hearted soldier, Credit: The Museum of Broken Relationships
When Paul Simon outlined "50 Ways to Leave Your Lover" 35 years ago, it turns out he missed a few. There are well over 400, in fact, as bagged, tag...

Bought by KAWC / Border Radio - KOFA, New Hampshire Public Radio, WRVO Public Media, KFAI Minneapolis, KUT and more


  • Added: Dec 13, 2010
  • Length: 04:30
  • Purchases: 9
The Pakistani Art of Truck Decoration
From: Seattle Globalist
Caption: Truck Grille, Credit: Sarah Stuteville
Shipping is a big business in Pakistan. With new paved highways offering a fast track to Afghanistan and northern Pakistan, trucking is an importa...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Aug 20, 2010
  • Length: 03:21
  • Purchases: 1